[PATCH] checkpatch: warn if <foo.h> is already included

From: Geliang Tang
Date: Thu Nov 24 2016 - 09:46:08 EST


Some headers are included twice. Emit a warning when they occur.
For example:
$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/of/overlay.c
WARNING: Do not use #include <linux/string.h>, this header is already included
+#include <linux/string.h>

WARNING: Do not use #include <linux/string.h>, this header is already included
+#include <linux/string.h>

total: 0 errors, 4 warnings, 589 lines checked

Signed-off-by: Geliang Tang <geliangtang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1579230..a0792d6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4749,6 +4749,18 @@ sub process {
}
}

+# warn if <foo.h> is already #included
+ if ($tree && $rawline =~ m{^.\s*\#\s*include\s*\<(.*)\.h\>}) {
+ my $file = "$1.h";
+ if (-f "$root/$realfile") {
+ my $asminclude = `grep -Ec "#include\\s+<$file>" $root/$realfile`;
+ if ($asminclude > 1) {
+ WARN("INCLUDE_LINUX",
+ "Do not use #include <$file>, this header is already included\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
# multi-statement macros should be enclosed in a do while loop, grab the
# first statement and ensure its the whole macro if its not enclosed
# in a known good container
--
2.9.3